Tag: Patrick Heller

CoinWeek Podcast #45: Can the U.S. Mint Compete in the Current Coin Climate & The 2016 Election’s Effect on Gold Mobile phone users. Stream this podcast for free by downloading the podomatic app or subscribe to the CoinWeek Podcast on iTunes. This week, CoinWeek editor Charles Morgan talks with 2012 Harry Forman National Coin Dealer of the […]

By Louis Golino for CoinWeek ….. I often hear newer coin collectors and silver investors ask what is the best way to buy silver. There are certainly many ways to accumulate, or as some people put it, stack silver, in the physical form. For those looking to acquire physical silver, I think one has to begin with some basic […]

Following its successful Free Money giveaway on Saturday, June 18, Liberty Coins will continue to give away free coins to incoming kindergarten through high school students from now up to Labor Day. Students will be able to select and keep up to six foreign coins each day from a treasure chest at the store in […]

OPMA-Led State Effort Pays Off After Three Years By Industry Council for Tangible Assets ….. On June 14, 2016, Ohio governor John Kasich signed into law SB 172, which provides for a sales-tax exemption on rare coins and precious-metals bullion. The new law will take effect on January 1, 2017. Ohio becomes the 34th […]

By CoinWeek News Staff …. On Tuesday, June 14, former Republican Party presidential hopeful and current governor of Ohio John Kasich signed a bill that restores a tax exemption on the sale of precious metal bullion and “investment” coins that was repealed in the wake of the Coingate scandal in 2005. The newly-resurrected exemption […]

In conjunction with a remote broadcast by 94.9 FM WMMQ morning host Deb Hart at their store in Lansing’s Frandor Shopping Center on Saturday, June 18, Liberty Coins will give visitors free small bags of coins currently spendable in at least 10 foreign countries. Said Liberty Coin Service Owner Tom Coulson: “Liberty Coins has become […]

Attendees of the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) National Money Show in Dallas are encouraged to sign-up for the ANA’s pre-convention, two-day Technical Series Seminars. From the fundaments of grading United States coins to the more advanced grading of world paper money, the technical seminars offer proven tips and tools to enhance any collector’s numismatic skills […]

A Special Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek by Patrick A. Heller – Liberty Coin Services …… While I was on vacation recently, a long-time friend and customer sent me two important questions. He wanted to know if ordering bullion-priced physical silver for long delayed delivery ran the risk of a default in delivery. […]

By Pat Heller – Liberty Coin Service Last Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ended its latest regularly-scheduled two-day meeting. While the rest of the world waited breathlessly to hear what the concluding announcement would say, my media pronouncement the day before accurately explained what the statement would contain. In the announcement, the […]

By Patrick A. Heller…. Three weeks ago on April 24, Liberty Coin Service in Lansing, Michigan went live with an updated, feature-filled, coin dealer website. The new site, at http://www.libertycoinservice.com, replaced the company’s previous website that debuted in 1999. Said Liberty Coin Service Owner and General Manager Tom Coulson: “After a year of work, […]

Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com By Patrick A. Heller Last week, a woman contacted me with a problem. She was preparing to take a domestic flight the next day carrying 15 US $20.00 Double Eagles in her purse. Like many of you, she has seen the significant recent media coverage about government officials […]

Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com By Patrick A. Heller Precious Metals Prices are going to get more volatile starting October 1. The CME Group (NASDAQ: CME), which owns the COMEX, NYMEX, GLOBEX, and other commodity exchanges, has announced new margin rules on leveraged accounts to take effect that date in order to comply with […]

Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com By Patrick A. Heller Over the past few years, JPMorgan Chase & Co. has paid more than $25 billion in fines and penalties for a variety of infractions. However, the July 29 announcement by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) of filing and settling charges against JPMorgan Securities […]

Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com by Patrick A. Heller The 30-year $400 billion agreement for Russia to supply natural gas to China without using US dollars for payment is just one of the opening salvos by these two nations to destroy the US dollar. There are a number of other attacks on the US […]

By Patrick Heller – Liberty Coin Service If you asked the average person on the street if government should be responsible for establishing monetary standards and the issuance of circulating money, I suspect that a very high percentage would agree. In my judgment, those who think that way would be wrong. The invention of money was […]

By Charles Morgan for CoinWeek….. The Central States Numismatic Society Convention is always a big show, but this year is special. 2014 marks the 75th anniversary of the CSNS, and the convention is going on right now at the Renaissance Hotel & Convention Center in Schaumburg, Illinois. More than 200 dealers and industry figures […]

The report from the floor of the Whitman Expo indicates a strong coin market with an increase in collector coin activity. Hear from some of the dealers at the show as they describe what kind of interest there is for rare coins, bullion, paper money, early American copper and Americana. Interviewer: David Lisot, Gary Adkins, […]

Interviewer: David Lisot. A recent front-page article in the Wall Street Journal stated that the CFTC was launching a probe into the price of gold and whether it was being manipulated. Many coin dealers are involved in buying and selling gold coins. CoinWeek asked some of the traders at the Whitman Baltimore Expo about their […]

Kevin Foley, Mike Orlando, Kevin Lipton, Patrick Heller, Sergio Sanchez, Allen Rowe, Gregg Bingham, and Bonnie Sabel. Interviewer: David Lisot The Central States Numismatic Society Convention has been holding conventions for 73 years. Some of the dealers in attendance share their views of the coin market. They discuss what areas are hot and what areas […]

Interviewer: David Lisot – CoinWeek Once again that intrepid coin adventurer David Lisot, host of COINWeek, takes viewers on a journey to find the coolest coin at the Central States Numismatic Society Convention held in Schaumburg, Illinois. Collectors and dealers who show him coins include; Bonnie Sabel, 1803 $10 Gold PCGS MS61, Gregg Bingham, 1938 […]

By Patrick A. Heller Commentary on Precious Metals Prepared for CoinWeek.com In recent years, when gold and silver prices were knocked down hard, this development was almost always followed by the occurrence or at least the disclosure of events that were horrible news for the US government, economy, or dollar. With the extreme blatant suppression […]

Patrick A. Heller Some people believe that gold will continue to climb in value with no end in sight. Yet at the end of 2011 gold dropped more than $200 from its highest value. Gold expert and writer Patrick Heller shares his perspective of why the price of gold has gone down and whether the […]

By Patrick Heller – Liberty Coin Service Broadcast 10/12/2011 on WILS-1320 AM As economic data deteriorates and markets decline, governments and multinational agencies are facing an immediate dilemma. They can do nothing and risk a global depression. Or, they can intervene with more inflation of the money supply. The decision on which direction we are […]

by Louis Golino for Coin Week On September 3 the financial web site, ZeroHedge , ran an important story on a U.S. government memo recently made available by WikiLeaks that is from the U.S. Embassy in China and which deals with China’s gold policy (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/wikileaks-discloses-reasons-behind-chinas-shadow-gold-buying-spree). This document is eliciting interest among gold analysts, who feel […]

By Patrick A Heller – Liberty Coin Service The decision to own gold or silver usually involves more than making a decision to diversify an investment portfolio or to choose assets with a long-term positive track record. For a lot of people, the choice to own gold or silver signifies taking responsibility for one’s financial […]

By Patrick A Heller – Liberty Coin Service Beware June 30–The End Of QE2! US Government Takes Two More Steps Toward Nationalization Of Private Retirement Account Assets! In aftermarket trading on April 29, the price of gold reached around $1,570 and silver climbed to about $49.50. With building momentum, it looked like gold had a […]

By Patrick A. Heller – Liberty Coin Service It would be natural for those who make a living buying and selling gold to tout the ownership of the metal. It is much more unusual to see a survey, such as one released last Wednesday, where the ownership of gold is touted by professionals whom you […]

By Patrick A. Heller – Liberty Coin Service Broadcast on WILS-1320 AM In just the past year, the price of gold is up more than 27% while silver has soared 107%! During the past decade the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up about 3% and the NASDAQ and Standard and Poors Index have declined. This […]

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